“I'm interested in the fact that comics are people who are oddly courageous in their desire and their commitment to sacrificing any sense of normalcy in their lives, any sense of security, and most of them are oddly unique individuals. Let's have a broader conversation with people that have spent their last however-many-years thinking about their lives. I mean, they're philosophers. They're poets. They're people who are on the outside looking in at the world through a different set of values.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanDifferentDesireValuesIndividualSacrificeSecurityPoetUniqueCommitmentPhilosopherCourageous Author:Marc Maron
“You have too take from each artist what works for you, and then create your own sound. You put different combinations in the mix and it becomes something unique in the end.” DifferentArtistUnique Author:Al B. Sure!
“I suppose I view my behavior in such a unique way. I frame it as an artist and maybe kind of make excuses for it. I suppose I romanticize my own life when I write. I always try to think whether it actually is quite romantic.” ThinkingWritingTryingKindArtistBehaviorUniqueExcuseBe Kind Author:Matthew Healy
“I LOVE RIHANNA. I LOVE THAT SHE IS HERSELF WITH NO APOLOGIES. HER SENSE OF STYLE AND SELF IS UNIQUE. I LOVE HOW SHE TRANSFORMS HERSELF WITH EACH ALBUM, EACH CAMPAIGN. ALWAYS EVOLVING. A TRUE ICON.” StyleUniqueEvolveApology Author:Venus Williams
“Aaron Sorkin uses a lot of the same people again and again - the people he likes. I think if there's ever a part for me, he would consider me for it. I hope so. Sometimes familiarity breeds contempt, other times it helps you. It's just amazing to work with his scripts. There's never any fat in them. It's all perfect, and there's such a rhythm to it. The musicality of his writing - it's so specific and unique to him, and such a joy to play as an actor, because there's no sentimentality.” PeopleThinkingWritingSometimesHelpingJoyPerfectUniqueRhythmContemptFamiliaritySentimentality Author:Allison Janney
“While Donald Trump doesn't have any systematic ideology, he does have a narrative, and in that narrative, America was once a great country, it's been weakened by poor leadership, and only he can make it great again by taking over. And that's an image of himself as a strongman, a dictator. It isn't the clear ideology of being a fascist or some other clear-cut ideological figure. Rather, it's a narrative of himself as being unique and all-powerful. He believes it, though I'm sure he's got doubts about it.” BelieveCountryPoorDoubtUniqueIdeologyDictatorIdeologicalGreat Country Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“In a business setting, one's intelligence is crucial. Many problems faced by today's executives are unique and ill-defined. So, one's ability to analyze information and render a decision based upon the probability of success is imperative. What it comes down to is that all the knowledge in the world is useless if one has no means of processing and applying it. Organizations run on the brainpower of their people.” PeopleWorldMeanProblemRunningAbilityDecisionUniqueProbability Author:Justin Menkes
“My upringing did influence me to a certain extent. I grew up going to private school, and we'd have these really cute uniforms, but you'd only have so much sway over how you could "customize" them. I would line my blazers, I would dart my skirts, I'd change the buttons, I would do anything I could to make them unique. And when I started designing, I found myself referencing those roots. I love a sort of preppy, gender-bender vibe. I wanted to incorporate the feel of menswear into the looks. That definitely comes from my private school days.” SchoolInfluenceDesignUniqueCutePrivate SchoolReally CutePreppy Author:Minnie Mortimer
“Blind audition format is what make our show unique and gives it so much more integrity. After all, the show is called The Voice. It's about vocals, and you have to stand out to get the attention of these four, Grammy-winning superstars who have an amazing ear and know what they're talking about. They rely on their ear as well as the reaction of fans in the audience to figure out whether that contestant is worth pressing that red button for. It's a great concept which keeps everybody on the edge of their seat.” GivingAttentionAudienceIntegrityUniqueBlindRelyStanding OutSuperstar Author:Christina Milian
“I must say Steven Spielberg was great to me, and I loved working with him. He called me up on the phone and was like, "I want you to be in this movie - 1941. There are a couple of parts. You can take whichever one you want. One of them is a main character who is involved in everything, and there's another character who has his own storyline and goes off on his own. He's probably the funnier, more unique character." I said, "Well let me do that second one."” CharacterCoupleUniqueLet MeI Want You Author:Tim Matheson
“Sam Kinison was one of the most compulsive people I'd ever seen. James Belushi was that way, and Chris Farley was that way. He was incredibly talented and made me laugh so hard, and there was nothing he wouldn't say. Such a unique, amazing, cynical, realistic, but still optimistic look at life he had. It was great fun to get to know him.” PeopleFunLaughingUniqueOptimisticRealisticCynical Author:Tim Matheson
“Successful blog is a unique voice; and depending on the blog, your own style factors in. To some extent, it might have to do with the graphic aesthetics of a blog. Pretty pictures go a long way these days and many personal style blogs owe a lot to a decent DSLR.” LongSuccessfulStyleUniqueDecentGraphicPersonal Style Author:Susanna Lau
“Every band is different just because of the different combinations of people really are super unique to every band. The way you work together and the personalities that are being brought to the table. Our band is definitely the best combination of personalities I've worked with so far.” PeopleDifferentTogetherPersonalityUniqueWorking Together Author:Ali Koehler
“My style is unique and it's my own. I do not try to copy or imitate anybody.” TryingStyleUnique Author:Alexander Ovechkin
“The situation Abraham Lincoln faced was unique. In his view, the United States was threatened with destruction, ruin, overthrow, perishing - all words that he used - which is not the case for any other president, including the current one - Barack Obama.” PresidentSituationUniqueDestructionBarack Author:William Lee Miller
“We don't want to blame the victim. The civil rights movement had a profound effect on the United States and on the American mind, maybe unique in the world. Once we realized how victimized people of color had been, an honest empathy went out and that's how we got civil rights legislation.” PeopleWorldMindHonestUniqueEmpathyVictimBlameProfoundCivil RightsCivil Rights Movement Author:Jerome Kagan
“The German health care system is unique in its attempt to combine competition among sickness funds on the one hand and a universal coverage plan on the other hand. Most health care systems are either one or the other, so you either have private insurance and competition but not everyone is covered for everything, or you have a single-payer system. So the ideal types are like the American system on the one hand or the Scandinavian or U.K. systems on the other end. Germany tries to combine the advantages.” TryingCareUniqueCompetitionHealth CareSicknessFund Author:Karl Lauterbach
“You only have so much time in the day. At the end of the day, you don't want to see the thing that suffers be your family, or your kids, or your home life. It's hard to balance, but that's not anything unique to us and that's probably true for most busy, active, working parents. You know, it's just about finding time, it's about balance, it's about walking the line and making sure you're keeping your priorities in order.” HomeKidsSufferingParentBalanceWalkingUniqueBusyPrioritiesOur Family Author:Nick Lachey
“The thing I like the best, especially being a parent of so many kids, Is that they're all so different. You love them all equally, but they're all so different from each other and that's the cool thing, to see their personalities start to develop and see how unique and different they all are and to be able to love them in their own unique ways. It's really, really, really special.” DifferentKidsParentSpecialPersonalityUniqueBeing A Parent Author:Nick Lachey
“Whether you like it or not, France's history is unique in Europe. Not to put too fine a point on it, France is a country of regicidal monarchists. It is a paradox: The French want to elect a king, but they would like to be able to overthrow him whenever they want. The office of president is not a normal office - that is something one should understand when one occupies it. You have to be prepared to be disparaged, insulted and mocked - that is in the French nature.” CountryPresidentOfficeUniqueParadoxBe PreparedYou Like ItInsulted Author:Emmanuel Macron
“There's a unique component of music that is different from, the written pamphlet or a speech. There's something, when you get the right combination of rhythm, melody and the right lyrical couplet, that feels like truth in the reptilian brain. There's something hardwired in our D.N.A.. And when you get a large group of people singing together in solidarity, it's something that, in my experience, and I've played countless demonstrations and protests through the years, it's something that can really help a struggle.” PeopleDifferentHelpingTogetherBrainStruggleUniqueSingingRhythmProtestMelodySolidarityLyrical Author:Tom Morello
“The European community of values is unique: It combines democracy with the market economy, individual freedoms with social justice. How can we expect the U.S. or China to defend these values, this one-of-a-kind European balancing act that has developed over the course of decades?” ValuesIndividualCommunityJusticeEconomyDemocracyUniqueSocial JusticeIndividual Freedom Author:Emmanuel Macron
“One of the most amazing abilities of sexuality is to momentarily transcend the borders of Self into something that is no longer defined by physical property and that is utterly unique. It's really what many call a religious experience.” ReligiousAbilityUniquePropertySexualityMost Amazing Author:Esther Perel
“I've always felt like a kid, and I still feel like a kid, and I've never had any problem tapping into my childhood, and my kid side. And I think that's a very universal thing, I don't think it's unique to me at all. People I've talked to in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s have all told me "You know, I still feel 20." So I don't expect that I'm going to be any different.” PeopleThinkingDifferentProblemKidsChildhoodUnique Author:Paul Reubens
“At the time, I was reading this Miles Davis book, and he was talking about coming to New York right after he was in high school. It kind of made me feel like, "Yeah." I didn't want to go to college; I wanted to do stand-up. And I figured, "What's the point of doing stand-up around DC? I'm always going to be under-appreciated there because I started there." I felt like I was strong enough and unique enough that I should give it a big leash to shine. New York was the best thing that ever happened to me as a comedian.” GivingKindBookEnoughSchoolReadingStrongCollegeUniqueHigh SchoolShiningComedianStrong Enough Author:Dave Chappelle
“Putin doesn't conduct elections in the Western sense of elections. This is more accurately probably described as a plebiscite, where people are supposed to express their support for him. The Russian system is not unique in this respect, but it is rather interesting. Here, in the West, the impression that people have is that Putin runs the whole country. This is not so, at all. To a certain extent, you could say that he runs the Kremlin, and this means that it's, in some situations, hard to tell whether it's him running the Kremlin, or the people around him running him.” PeopleMeanCountryRunningInterestingSituationSupportUniqueElectionWesternImpression Author:Mikhail Khodorkovsky
“What I find in a creative company is while there is a desire to build a management foundation that can feel clear and consistent, the unique product we're in Illumination Entertainment making doesn't always allow for that. So rather than following management strategy that talks about building your structure and then staffing that structure, I tend to build the structure around the strengths of the individual people we have.” PeopleDesireIndividualCreativeBuildingUniqueManagementStrategyConsistent Author:Christopher Meledandri
“Being a Christian executive in Hollywood has contributed to me fulfilling my destiny. Hollywood respects the maverick, the person who's unique and has the confidence to defy the system and everyone who tells them they're wrong in order to follow their vision. It's been me embracing by Christianity that has made me different, unique, and of value in my industry. Maintaining who I am and who God wants me to be throughout my career is what keeps me on the path to having the career I desire. I know what I value, and I never deviate from that no matter what.” DifferentChristianDesireValuesChristianityVisionDestinyPathUniqueWant MeFulfillingMy DestinyMaverick Author:DeVon Franklin
“Whenever you make a record you want to inject something unique into it, that's unique to where you're from. I suppose that's some kind of inevitability.” KindUniqueInevitability Author:Gruff Rhys
“There are authors like David Foster Wallace or Raymond Chandler - with voice-based authors I might end up a completist, because what I love about them isn't just the particular construction of one novel or another but their flavor. There is an Austrian writer, Thomas Bernhard, as well. One book is not necessarily greater than another book, but they just have this incredible, unique voice, so it doesn't really matter which one you read.” BookNovelUniqueIncrediblesConstruction Author:Steve Toltz
“I think people like difference. When you walk out the door in New York City, in a mixed-use neighborhood like the Village, you see exciting things! "Oh, this store is closing, that store is opening." And especially if it's not a chain store, then it is interesting because it is unique in some way. The small-scale familiar is also very comforting. Especially in the twenty-first century, when the world is rapidly changing and there are many risky situations, I think we need to build on and protect the comfort that we have in our neighborhoods in a way that does not exclude others.” PeopleThinkingWorldInterestingSituationComfortProtectUniqueExcitingFamiliarNeighborhoodComforting Author:Sharon Zukin
“I think Ebola is a great example of where the world really needs to come together. The three countries where this outbreak took place have had a lot of civil war, very weak health systems. And so, it did take a while for people to understand ....that eventually what we saw was a very unique Ebola epidemic. I think it is quite impressive what's being pulled together, and I think we will be able to get this under control.” PeopleThinkingWorldWarCountryTogetherUniqueWeakCivil WarImpressive Author:Bill Gates
“I think about the college graduating classes and high school classes that are coming up now they're in a unique position. I mean they're entering one of the toughest economies of all time. At the same time if they're willing to work really hard the ability they have to learn something much faster than we ever did before is there and it's really a question of are you willing to put in the effort and go that extra mile. Because if you are I think there's actually more opportunities out there.” ThinkingMeanSchoolOpportunityAbilityEffortEconomyCollegeUniqueHigh SchoolAll TimeExtrasGraduates Author:John Buffalo Mailer
“Too often, business schools teach academic crisis management theory, if that, but given the diverse and unique nature of crises, all the theory in the world will not help you manage an actual crisis unless you know the basic mechanics.” WorldHelpingSchoolTeachUniqueManagementCrisisManageAcademicDiverseMechanic Author:Steven Fink
“Since my election to Congress, I've always been interested in human rights. I really do believe that's America's strength. Yes, we have a strong military; yes, we have a strong economy. But what really makes America the unique nation it is, is that we speak up about human rights, and anti-corruption, and good governance, and democratic institutions. That's what America is known for. That's what inspires people around the world with U.S. leadership.” PeopleWorldBelieveSpeakStrongEconomyMilitaryInspireUniqueElectionDemocraticHuman RightsGood Governance Author:Ben Cardin
“It's astonishing how quickly cultural references change. Each new generation of parents grows up with a new slate of cultural understanding, television shows, and unique parental issues. The biblical principles remain the same, however, so this was a slight reworking, not a major overhaul.” ParentUnderstandingGrowing UpUniqueBiblicalParental Author:Gary L. Thomas
“Don't make the body fit into the clothes. It really is, it's really respecting an individual and trying to cater to that individual's needs. And I guess that's what really is important for each one of us, dealing with each other in society, is look at the person in front of you, look at the individual in front of you and treat that person as a unique individual being. And I think we get along better, not just fashion-wise, but in terms of just dealing with people day-to-day.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantIndividualTermFitUnique Author:Tamlyn Tomita
“Colleges are a unique space in our culture. They're a temporary constellation of humans, like a workplace. And the rules about sexual assault and harassment in a workplace are narrow rules. They're stricter than what's considered criminal on a city street. By this logic, the same rules should exist at universities too.” CultureCollegeUniqueLogicTemporaryWorkplaceHarassment Author:Vanessa Grigoriadis
“There was as big a reaction after the revelations about Assad's chemical weapons. Nevertheless, that photograph did strike a singular chord. Which leads us to a larger fact: we don't understand why certain photographs create such an upheaval in one's soul. You look at them and go, "Oh my gosh." And that doesn't happen with television. It's unique to photography. Photographs are unique in that they are a frame abstracted out of reality, out of, in this case, a civil war. A single event can carry so much weight. And that is extraordinary.” WarSoulRealityPhotographyUniqueExtraordinaryPhotographCivil WarRevelationsOh My Gosh Author:Stuart Franklin
“I really believe that, in 500 years, we will still remember the International Space Station, because it will have been the first time, really and truly, that nations put a lot of money, brains, resources, and effort together to build something peacefully, and to work together for the sole and unique purpose of furthering our knowledge and bringing it back to Earth for our mutual good.” BelieveEarthTogetherRememberPurposeEffortBrainUniqueFirst TimeWorking TogetherMutual Author:Julie Payette
“We have to consider culture respectfully, but on the other hand, it's dangerous. When we begin talking about cultures, we begin forgetting about individuals. Every individual is unique. Mankind has common feelings and ideas, but we might have some other connections, too. For example, I might be very close to someone in New York in some way. Because of the music I like or how I like to watch soccer games, or because I like to read Russian classics.” FeelingsCultureIndividualForgetCommonMankindDangerousUniqueSoccer Author:Burhan Sonmez
“Someone might say about a person, "Oh, they are a 'Westerner." But who are Westerners? Greek, Bulgarian, German, English, Scandinavian, Spanish, American, Latin. All different nations, all different people. Different individuals live in the West. There's no such thing as "West" just as there's no such things as "East." What is "East?" Turkey, Iran, China, India, Japan. They are all different. They are all unique.” PeopleDifferentIndividualUniqueGreekLatin Author:Burhan Sonmez
“Maybe divisions like that are easy for people to accept, because then you don't have to make an effort to understand people or appreciate each of them. You just give them a general name: "black people" and "white people." "Tall people" and "short people." "Man" and "woman." But we have to forget about all those terms. Every individual is unique in herself or himself.” PeopleMenGivingIndividualEasyBlackTermForgetEffortAcceptingUniqueMen And WomenAppreciateBlack People Author:Burhan Sonmez
“Every ecosystem, even a small one, is sustainable because it has certain ensembles and conditions and influences that are unique to it. And the biological ensembles are almost certainly, even the most modest ones, in the thousands of species. We don't know what's involved in the models - not even the beginnings. And yet we're trying to make a sustainable world, which has to include the natural world. The human species is triumphant, but it's got to get a grip. It's got to come to understand what's happened, why we're this way and what we're doing.” WorldTryingNaturalInfluenceUniqueModestNatural WorldTriumphant Author:E. O. Wilson
“I like the labels because I think they tell my story in a very concise way: gay, Latino. I think the responsibility that comes with accepting labels is that now I get a chance to break stereotypes. It gives me the opportunity to tell the unique stories of what those labels mean.” ThinkingGivingMeanOpportunityChanceResponsibilityAcceptingBreakGayUniqueStereotypeLatino Author:Richard Blanco
“It always surprises me how much my followers appreciate how candid my photos are - they may not have a particularly unique subject, but it's more about the light you shed on the subject than the subject itself.” UniqueAppreciateSurpriseShedSurprise MeCandid Author:Connor Franta
“I tend to think that we are all pretty much alike. We all feel despair. We all have problems with relationships. We all become afraid. We all look at others and think these other people are more fortunate than us. Certainly the details of our life are unique. Spending time thinking of how I am different from someone else, however, does not tend to be very productive.” PeopleThinkingDifferentProblemDespairUniqueProductiveSpending Time Author:Akhil Sharma
“While we travel as much as we do; this city is still really unique to us in terms of how eclectic it is. There's the variation of pockets when you're travelling around London that you don't necessarily find in the centre, but I'm talking about the city as a whole. For us, the inseparable links to the arts, being innovative and creative in an area like this is very transient as well.” ArtTermCreativeUniqueArt IsInnovativeInseparableEclectic Author:Jazzie B
“The Bahamas has a lot to say about the issues that affect it - the specific issues that also affect other communities. It offers a unique level of looking at, of entering a story. It's just like a mini-world.” CommunityUnique Author:Kareem Mortimer
“At any given time, on our band Drive-by Truckers' shows there might be someone who's eight years old or 80 years old in the audience. Some nights there are a lot of girls in the audience, some nights not. It's so unpredictable, but I like that. A lot of Republicans come see us. I've got many friends and family that are Republicans, so our following definitely cuts across the political lines and all of that. Which puts us in the unique position of not just preaching to the converted. I respect and value that.” PoliticalNightValuesGirlAudienceCuttingRepublicanUniquePreachingUnpredictableFamily And Friends Author:Patterson Hood